3 Jul 2009 at 7:42am
According to the online edition of the Chicago Tribune, the acquisition of bankrupt company Midway Games by Warner Bros. received the legal approval to continue (Midway developed and published titles such as Mortal Kombat, Ms. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron and NBA Jam.)
The acquisition had been stopped following certain legal disputes over several of Midway's IPs. This conflict saw the involvement of several companies, including Threshold Entertainment (they produced two movies based on Mortal Kombat beat'em-up series) and Tigon Studios (founded by actor Vin Diesel, they developed Wheelman in partnership with Midway).
Warner Bros. offered 33 million dollars for the purchase of all Midway assets.
3 Jul 2009 at 7:04am
According to Reuters, the CEO of EBank, the largest player-run bank of space MMO EVE Online, stole billions of kredits and exchanged them for real money.
The gamer in question is a 27-year old Australian playing as Ricdic. Married and father of two children, the Australian player said he stole the 200 billion kredits and sold them for 5.100 dollars in order to solve certain real-life financial problems. “It was a very on the spot decision”, he said.
CCP Games deactivated Ricdic's account because his act “unbalances the game” (as specified by company representative Ned Coker).
This penalty wouldn't have been applied if Ricdic had only stolen the kredits, without also selling them for real money. "We have never seen ourselves as gods who make the rules of social interaction," said CCP economics adviser Eyjolfur Gudmundsson. "You are able to lose the things you have created. That's what makes the world interesting."
EBank was known as one of the few trustworthy player-run banks in EVE Online, and CEO Ricdic also had a positive reputation. Following this incident, EBank had to deal with a wave of panic among customers, but the other players running the bank managed to keep it afloat.
3 Jul 2009 at 6:01am
Valve Software announced that postapocalyptic RPG Fallout 3 will be available on Steam at half the price (22.49 euro) this week-end.
Bethesda Softworks had unveiled they would launch this summer another two DLCs for Fallout 3: Point Lookout (already available) and Mothership Zeta (available in late July). Before these, the developers had offered three more downloadable content packages: Operation Anchorage, The Pitt and Broken Steel.
3 Jul 2009 at 5:17am
Ubisoft announced it acquired the rights to publish simulator Heroes Over Europe, sequel to Heroes of the Pacific. This announcement comes after, early this year, publisher Red Mile had unveiled that the project's fate has become uncertain after Atari abandoned it. Ubisoft also specified that it will launch Heroes Over Europe on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in September 2009.
Developed by Australian studios Transmission Games, this new title will allow players to follow the stories of three Allied pilots and take part in some of the most important aerial battles of World War II, including those above London, Berlin and the French Alps.
Heroes Over Europe will make use of a new engine and it will feature four online game modes for up to 16 players, customizable planes and localized damage.
2 Jul 2009 at 10:34am
Deep Silver announced that the international launch date for fantasy RPG Risen was established for October 2.
According to Deep Silver Brand Manager Daniel Oberlerchner, the game already entered the beta phase, and all the dialogues have already been recorded. Risen is being developed by Piranha Bytes, creators of the Gothic series, without being linked to it.
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by Soulskill 4 Jul 2009 at 2:09am
cheezitmike writes "Researchers at Oregon State University are testing a new type of wave-energy converter to generate electricity from ocean waves: 'Even when the ocean seems calm, swells are moving water up and down sufficiently to generate electricity. ... For decades the challenge has been to build a device that can withstand monster waves and gale-force winds, not to mention corrosive saltwater, seaweed, floating debris and curious marine mammals. ... In the most recent prototypes, a thick coil of copper wire is inside the first component, which is anchored to the seafloor. The second component is a magnet attached to a float that moves up and down freely with the waves. As the magnet is heaved by the waves, its magnetic field moves along the stationary coil of copper wire. This motion induces a current in the wire — electricity.'" Meanwhile, researchers at Stanford are working to design "turbine kites" that operate at 30,000 feet, where air currents flow much faster than they do close to the ground. Ken Caldeira, a Standford associate professor, said, "If you tapped into 1% of the power in high-altitude winds, that would be enough to continuously power all civilization."
by Soulskill 4 Jul 2009 at 12:06am
Half-pint HAL tips news of UK prosecution lawyers who are instructing police to study information on Wikipedia when preparing to give expert testimony in court. "Mike Finn, a weaponry specialist and expert witness in more than 100 cases, told industry magazine Police Review: 'There was one case in a Midlands force where police officers asked me to write a report about a martial art weapon. The material they gave me had been printed out from Wikipedia. The officer in charge told me he was advised by the CPS to use the website to find out about the weapon and he was about to present it in court. I looked at the information and some of it had substance and some of it was completely made up.' Mr. Finn, a former Metropolitan Police and City of London officer and Home Office adviser, added that he has heard of at least three other cases where officers from around the country have been advised by the CPS to look up evidence on Wikipedia."
by Soulskill 3 Jul 2009 at 10:03pm
movesguy sends us to The Daily Galaxy for comments by Stephen Hawking about how humans are evolving in a different way than any species before us. Quoting: "'At first, evolution proceeded by natural selection, from random mutations. This Darwinian phase, lasted about three and a half billion years, and produced us, beings who developed language, to exchange information. I think it is legitimate to take a broader view, and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race,' Hawking said. In the last ten thousand years the human species has been in what Hawking calls, 'an external transmission phase,' where the internal record of information, handed down to succeeding generations in DNA, has not changed significantly. 'But the external record, in books, and other long lasting forms of storage,' Hawking says, 'has grown enormously. Some people would use the term evolution only for the internally transmitted genetic material, and would object to it being applied to information handed down externally. But I think that is too narrow a view. We are more than just our genes.'"
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